Metallic tie.



PATBNTED JAN. 22, 1907.

No. 841,899. i

' J; c. SCHAER. METAL-L10 TIB.

AYPLIGATIGN FILED HAR. 14, 1906.

JOHN C. SCHAFER, OF MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.V

Application ned March 14,1906. sans No. 306,010.

To (J1/ZZ whom, t muy concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C; SGHAFER., a. citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Ties, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inmetallic ties; and the invention has forits primary object to provide astrong and durable metallic tie having .a simple and inexpensiverail-fastener.

Another object of this invention is to provide a metallic tie which canbe easily tamped and embodied in the road-bed or ballast of a railroador street-railway, whereby the rails secured to said ties will be firmlysupported and prevented from spreading or becoming displaced.

Briefly described, my improved metallic ties are constructed of strongand durable metal in the form of channel-bars, the ties being providedwith concave bases to engage in the ballast of a road-bed, and they arehanged to support rails, the flanges of said ties being cut or shearedand bent to form lugs which are adapted to engage the base-fianges ofrails and retain said rails in engagement with the ties.

The detail construction of my improved metallic ties will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and, referring to the drawingsaccompanying this application, like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, in which'- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a number of ties constructed in accordance with myinvention, said view illustrating a section of the track. Fig. 2 is aplan of one end of-,a tie, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view ofthesame. ,y To put my invention into practical construct my improved tiesof channel-bars 1, said bars being cut into the desiredlengths common torailroad-tracks. The channelbars 1 embody curved bases 2, side walls 3,and outwardly-extending flanges 4 and 5. The curved base 2 ofeachchannel-bar is provided with rounded edges 6 6 to facilitate thetamping of the channel-bar upon a roadbed. The inner or confrontingsides of the walls 3 3 of each bar taper inwardly, Aas at 7 7, tostrengthen the side walls and form a substantial tie. Theoutwardly-extending fianges- 4 and 5 of each bar are cut and sheared, asat 8, to form lugs 9 and 10, said lugs being bent upwardly to engage thebasefianges 11 and 12- of rails 14, mounted upon the flanges 4 and 5 ofthe ties. By referring to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings it will beobserved that the fiange 5 is cut and sheared the reverse of the flange4, whereby the lugs 9 and 10 will extend inwardly toward one another,thereby providing a lug upon each flange which will engage thebase-flanges 11 and 12 of the rails 14 and firmly hold the rails inengagement with the ties when the ties are properly positioned inparallel alinement with one another.

In order to secure the rails to the fianges 4 and 5 of the ties,`it isnecessary in placing a ,tie in engagement with a rail to swing the sameat an angle to the rail in order that the lugs 9 and 10 may be placed inengagement with the flanges 11 and 12 of said rails. After the lugs haveengaged the edges of the fianges the ties can be swung at right anglesto the rails,thereby firmly locking said rails upon the ties.

The flanges 4 and 5 of the ties are provided with openings 15 15,whereby guardrails, switch construction, and signal mechanism may besecured to the ties.

My invention resides entirely in the detail construction of thechannel-bars 1, which I use as ties, and such changes in theconstruction of the ties as are permissible by the appended claims maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope oftheinvention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A railroad-tie consisting of a single straight piece of metal, havingat each end a pair of integral lugs overhanging the top surface of thetie, the two lugs of each pair being arranged to project inwardly towardeach other and being spaced on the tie so as to be on opposite sides ofthe tie and also on oppo- 1 site sides of the rail-seat, said tie beingad apted to be applied to the rail by being rst adjusted obliquely toreceive the full width of the rail between the lugs and then be turnedto cause said lugs to overhang and lock down the rail-flanges asdescribed.

2. A Irailroad-tie consisting of a single straight piece of metal havingstruck up from its body-plate at each end a pair of integralobliquely-arranged overhanging lugs,

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the lugs of each pair projecting toward each other as described.

3. A railroad-tie consisting of a single straight piece of metal havingintegral locking` devices at opposite ends forming a unitary tie andlock adapted to hold the rail by a delection of the tie Without spikes,bolts or other separable parts, as described.

4. A metallic tie consisting of a channelbar having a curved base, sideWalls, out Wardly-eXtending flanges carried by said side Walls, andintegral obliquely-arranged overhanging lugs struck up from saidflanges,

the lug on one flange projecting toward the lug on the opposite flange.r 5 In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

JOHN C. SCHAFER.

Witnesses:

WM. C. HnrrzI E. E. POTTER.

